OT word of the day

Hem Facing

Using a seperate band of fabric to make a hem. Generally sewn on,
turned under, and blindstitched down by hand. Very useful for
intentionally non-straight hemlines, flared garments, to reduce bulk,
or just when you have not given yourself enough hem allowance.

A simple tutorial is at:

http://www.oliverands.com/blog/tutor...em-facing.html
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Trapunto

A technique whereby particular patterns quilted into a piece are
raised above the rest of the quilting by virtue of extra padding.

There are almost as many ways of doing it as there are pieces done
this way.

A nice overview is he

http://www.quiltersmuse.com/wholecloth_quilts4.htm

For what it is worth, the way I did it pre-rctq, was to baste batting
to the back of the top, with the basteing stitches just inside the
stitch line for the pattern. Then I would trim away the batting
outside the pattern, and sandwich and baste as usual. Chunks and bits
of batts work fine for this.
Nowdays when I do it (mostly on clothes) I use water soluble thread.

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Baize

A coarse, woven, woolen fabric. In present times it may be made
of cotton instead of wool. It is found both napped and unnapped.
[...] Its main use in this day and age is to cover gamming tables,
mostly cards and assorted varieties of billiards. [...]
In assorted books set in large houses at a time when servents were
common in such, you may find a reference to a "green baize door".

Why is it always green? Didn't anybody, anywhere, ever have a purple
pool table?

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Baize

A coarse, woven, woolen fabric. In present times it may be made of
cotton instead of wool. It is found both napped and unnapped. It is
not intended to ever be washed, and doing so, or even allowing it to
become damp, may cause it to distort fiercely.

Its main use in this day and age is to cover gamming tables, mostly
cards and assorted varieties of billiards.
While professional and tournament billiard tables usually are covered
in actual wool felt, what is called felt on the average pool table is
most often baize.

In assorted books set in large houses at a time when servents were
common in such, you may find a reference to a "green baize door". The
baize covered door denoted the boundry between the household and the
servents. Beyond the baize door was the servent's domain where work
was organized and much of it carried out.
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Our pool table is grey.

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Baize

A coarse, woven, woolen fabric. In present times it may be made
of cotton instead of wool. It is found both napped and unnapped.
[...] Its main use in this day and age is to cover gamming tables,
mostly cards and assorted varieties of billiards. [...]
In assorted books set in large houses at a time when servents were
common in such, you may find a reference to a "green baize door".

Why is it always green? Didn't anybody, anywhere, ever have a purple
pool table?

==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk
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Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739
557
CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic
fonts

On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:00:42 +0000, Jack Campin - bogus address
wrote:

Baize

A coarse, woven, woolen fabric. In present times it may be made
of cotton instead of wool. It is found both napped and unnapped.
[...] Its main use in this day and age is to cover gamming tables,
mostly cards and assorted varieties of billiards. [...]
In assorted books set in large houses at a time when servents were
common in such, you may find a reference to a "green baize door".

Why is it always green? Didn't anybody, anywhere, ever have a purple
pool table?

The traditional excuse as regards gaming tables is that it is in
imitation of a lawn.
Personally I think they made that up, and it is just that green is one
of the cheapest and easiest colors to get a stong permanent take with
on woolens. Which is no doubt why the servent's door was green, unless
there is some arcane UK thing about the color.
Of course these days with the new dyes and all you could have more
colors for tables.
And lo! the bar downtown got a table in blue, I bet to match the
cheapest brand of chalk. (G)
I used to shoot pool in a place with a red table, their only regret
was they ended up paying out the nose for red chalk.

NightMist
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momme

The closest english pronunciation would be 'mummy'
It is abreviated mm

The measure used to describe the weight of silk.
Originally Japanese in origin and defined in traditional Japanese
measures, for more practical purposes it may be considered to be the
weight in pounds of a one hundred yard length at 45 inches wide of a
given fabric.
Aother, and perhaps easier, way to look at it is an 8mm silk is
approximately equal to one ounce per square yard.

Silks in excess of 40-50mm are seldom available from retailers, though
gauzes as light as 2-3mm are fairly easily found. Most garment silks
are in the range of 8-20mm. Heavy silks for example, brocades, noil,
and raw silks, generally are between 30mm and 45mm.
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Merino wool
Botany wool

The most commercially important wool. Originally from Spain, now New
Zealand and Australia produce most of the global supply.
It is an exceptional quality, fine, soft wool. The finest grades are
usually the wool used in blends with cashmere, silk, alpaca, and
rabbit.
It is stronger in the many characteristics(1)(2) that make wool an
excellent clothing choice and, so far as I know, is the only
"non-scratchy" sheeps wool.


(1) Why does that phrase make me feel like Yoda?

(2) Absorbs water vapor readily (think sweat), repels rain, breathes
well, does not absorb oders readily, has great drape, and washes
easily. You just want to avoid temperature shock with the stuff, so
cold wash and rinse, and tumble or air dry.

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Needle lace

Needle lace is simply lace made with a needle and thread.
It is not made on a seperately created ground, nor does it incorporate
braids or ribbons.
It is generally done on a frame to which a high contrast piece of
parchment or other durable non-brittle paper, or sometimes trash
cloth, has been fixed, the pattern for the lace having already been
drawn on the paper. The pattern outlines are then couched onto the
paper, sometimes using varying thicknesses or numbers of strands of
thread. When this has been completed, fill and decorative stitches
are added, mostly staying above the paper, and the couched threads are
covered with other stitches. When the section is completed, the
couching stitches on the wrong side of the paper are snipped releasing
the work.
Alcenon and Venetian Laces are the best known of this type.

Pictures:

http://www.marlamallett.com/l-needle.htm

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Thanks so much Nightmist.
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Needle lace

Needle lace is simply lace made with a needle and thread.
It is not made on a seperately created ground, nor does it incorporate
braids or ribbons.
It is generally done on a frame to which a high contrast piece of
parchment or other durable non-brittle paper, or sometimes trash
cloth, has been fixed, the pattern for the lace having already been
drawn on the paper. The pattern outlines are then couched onto the
paper, sometimes using varying thicknesses or numbers of strands of
thread. When this has been completed, fill and decorative stitches
are added, mostly staying above the paper, and the couched threads are
covered with other stitches. When the section is completed, the
couching stitches on the wrong side of the paper are snipped releasing
the work.
Alcenon and Venetian Laces are the best known of this type.

Pictures:

http://www.marlamallett.com/l-needle.htm


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